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WO2002000897A3
WO2002000897A3 PCT/US2001/020123 US0120123W WO0200897A3 WO 2002000897 A3 WO2002000897 A3 WO 2002000897A3 US 0120123 W US0120123 W US 0120123W WO 0200897 A3 WO0200897 A3 WO 0200897A3
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Anne Wright
Andrey Semyonov
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Abstract

The invention provides novel chimeric promoter/enhancers. The chimeric promoter/enhancers are particularly suitable for directing gene expression in mammalian cells.
PCT/US2001/020123 2000-06-23 2001-06-21 Novel chimeric promoters WO2002000897A2 (en)

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